UC Denver’s Downtown buildings and the Anschutz Medical Campus offer single stream recycling. This allows for all recyclable materials to be collected in one container and then they are separated for continued use or reuse at Waste Managements’ Recycle America Facility. UC Denver does not pay a fee for the materials collected by Recycle America so every recyclable item kept from the waste stream and the dump actually saves the university money.
Do your part to make recycling work at UC Denver! You can review and print the list of Acceptable Recycled Item (PDF) as well as track UC Denver’s Recycled Material tonnage per month.
For questions or concerns about recycling, please email Melissa Pinela or call her at 303-724-1028
FEBRUARY IS UC DENVER RECYCLING MONTH!
Recycling Program
Common area recycle receptacles are serviced daily. Every Thursday, all recycled material is picked up by Waste Management from the white bins in both dock areas at RC1.
This table describes what is and is not recyclable.
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Paper: Office, fax, colored, coated, Post-It notes, Staples, Paper clips & Clamps |
Bathroom, Food or Kitchen Waste |
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Manila or Colored Folders, Junk mail |
Carbon paper, photographs, transparencies |
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Envelopes
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Chipboard- including wax chipboard and wax cardboard |
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Newspapers and Magazines |
Label backing or sheets |
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Aluminum Cans & Plastics #1-7 |
Liquids, Window Glass, wet or soiled paper, Carpet |
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Cardboard (Flattened), Brown Paper bags, Paperboard
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Oil or Styrofoam, Plastic bags, Plastic tubs |
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Glass Bottles & Jars, Steel Cans & Empty Aerosol Cans |
Rubber bands, string or rope |
Waste Management has the following educational resources available:
Paper Shredding
CONFIDENTIAL SHREDDING
Facilities Management contracts Shred-it for on-site confidential document shredding at UCD. Only Shred-it employees have keys to open the secure containers which are located in central locations (pdf). The containers are emptied and the contents shredded immediately on-site on a monthly basis. The shredded material is then taken to a facility to be recycled. Certificates of destruction are kept on file which include a running total of the number of trees we, as a Campus, have saved as a result of the shredding program.
The shredding bins are for confidential documents only. For other items please see Recycling. If you have a large amount of confidential documents to be shredded, please contact Melissa Pinela at 303-724-1028 or Melissa.pinela@ucdenver.edu or the Customer Service Center at 303-724-1777.
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For more information, contact any of the following:
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Melissa Pinela |
Assistant Manager of Facilities Support Services |
303-724-1028 |
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Del Quiel |
Manager, Grounds, Roads, Parking Lots, Special Events, and Material Management |
303-724-1015 |
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Carol Calkins |
Director of Facilities Support Services |
303-724-0028 |
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For additional service and questions, please contact the Customer Service Center.